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William Albert Conner, Sr. was born about 1796 in Bills Creek, Rutherford County, NC.
His parents werepossiblyGeorge Conner, Sr (DOB About 1775 in Mecklenburg County NC; DOD 1840-1850 in Rutherford County, NC) and Susannah Doss (DOB 9/17/1785 in NC; DOD 1/5/1850 in Rutherford County, NC). I am not sure about who his parents were. Some family trees on the Internet have his parents as Samuel James Conner and Nancy Swearingen. I do not know at this time who his parents are. If you know, and have sources for your information, please contact me at Mom25dogs@gmail.com.

William Albert Conner, Sr. married Elizabeth Dalton. Elizabeth Dalton was born about 1796 in NC. At this time, I do not know who her parents were. They had 5 children that I know of:

William Albert Conner, Sr. died sometime after the 1870 U.S. Census was taken. He died in Bills Creek, Rutherford County, NC. He is buried at Bills Creek Baptist Church, 1475 Bills Creek Road, Lake Lure, Rutherford, NC, USA.
FindAGrave.comWilliam Albert Conner
Birth: 1796, Bills Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Death: unknown, Bills Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
William Albert Conner's grave cannot be pictured, but is located in the center of the graveyard where the field stones have been removed. His and Elizabeth's first daughter, Margaret, was born around 1820, so it is assumed that they were married before that time. His death was after 1860. (sic)
Family links:
Parents: James Conner
Spouse: Elizabeth Dalton Conner (1796 - 1862)
Children:
Martha Conner Crawford (1826 - ____)
Isaac JACKSON Conner (1828 - ____)
Burial: Bills Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, Bills Creek, Rutherford County, North Carolina, USA
Created by: Donna Hemphill Robbins
Record added: Aug 08, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 40424349

When we consider the times that William Albert Conner lived in we first know that he was born in 1796, just 13 years after the end of the Revolutionary War. John Adams was President about the time William Albert Conner was born. He would live to see Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk, Zachary Taylor, Millard Filmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant as Presidents of the United States. He lived through the War of Northern Aggression. He had at least one son that served the C.S.A. One son-in-law died during the War. He lived in the South during a time where slavery was a problem and lived through to see the slaves set free. He lived through the times when cotton was King and when War and Reconstruction obliterated the South's economy. He was a farmer in the western NC when farming was one of the hardest jobs and in an area where it would have been even harder. How many times did he plow by walking behind a mule? How many times did he hoe his crops? How many times did he pull weeds and haul water to water his crops? How many times did he cut wood with an ax for his fireplace and to keep warm? How many hog killings did he have to do and how many times did he go hunting to provide meat for the table? His family possibly lived in a log cabin that he built himself.